Mergers and Acquisitions

Consolidation is more than a trend; mergers and acquisitions are happening on a weekly basis. These stories help explain their impact.

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Internap Increases Debt for Voxel Cloud Services Acquisition

Internap Network Services Corp. took on new debt to buy Voxel, the cloud services provider, for $30 million. The new Internap debt, disclosed in an SEC filing, reveals a high-stakes strategy to strengthen Internap’s cloud services strategy. According to the SEC filing, Internap: increased its revolving credit facility by $20.0 million, for a total revolving […]

Cloud Services Provider Acquisition: Internap Buys Voxel

Internap Network Services has acquired Voxel Holdings, the cloud services provider (CSP), for $30 million plus a potential $5 million earn out over the next two years. The deal combines Internap’s IT infrastructure platform with Voxel’s hosting and cloud services portfolio. But can Voxel jumpstart Internap’s growth? The Internap-Voxel deal kicks off 2012 much in […]

Imation Snaps Up Nine Technology’s Cloud Storage IP

Well, this is one of the stranger cloud M&A announcements that have come across my desk: A late-December announcement from Nine Technology indicated it was awarded a patent for its MSP-friendly Powered By Nine cloud backup solution — and the Powered By Nine intellectual property was simultaneously purchased by Imation Corp. for an undisclosed sum. […]

Cloud M&A: Akamai Acquires Cotendo for Cloud Optimization

Cloud-based content delivery service provider Akamai has announced the $268 million acquisition of mobile and web acceleration specialist Cotendo as part of a larger play to speed up the cloud. As you may have guessed from my descriptions of the two companies involved, there’s a certain alignment of purpose between Akamai and Cotendo. In the […]

Salesforce.com Buys Rypple to Bolster Cloud HR Management

Salesforce.com is expanding its social enterprise cloud platform with the acquisition of Rypple, provider of a social performance management app. We don’t know how much Salesforce paid. But we do know Rypple will be rebranded “Successforce” and integrated into the existing ecosystem of Salesforce enterprise SaaS applications. In its press release, Salesforce heralds this move […]

Appirio Accelerates European Cloud Push with Saaspoint Buy

Cloud integrator Appirio is making good on its intent to grow globally with the acquisition of European cloud service provider Saaspoint — its fourth such purchase in 2011, and one that’s going to help Appirio investor Salesforce.com fulfill its goal of expanding its channel presence in EMEA. In the official press release, Appirio repeatedly mentioned […]

Autodesk Acquires Horizontal Systems for Cloud Play

Autodesk, provider of 3D design software, has announced the acquisition of SaaS Building Information Modeling (BIM) provider Horizontal Systems as part of an effort to make its first cloud moves. While financial terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed, we know Autodesk is moving fast, as it looks to complete the acquisition by the time […]

SAP Buys SuccessFactors for $3.4B to Accelerate Cloud Push

SAP made the surprise announcement over the weekend that it had acquired human capital management (HCM) SaaS vendor and Talkin’ Cloud Stocks Index member SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion, or $40 per share, as it accelerates its cloud push. Between SuccessFactors’ technology in the cloud and SAP’s legacy on-premises offerings, the database giant is hoping to […]

Salesforce Acquires Cloud Integrator Model Metrics

Salesforce.com has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire cloud service provider and mobile integrator Model Metrics for an undisclosed sum. Apparently, Salesforce is looking to expand its mobile and social plays, and it thinks that Model Metrics can get it there. “The addition of Model Metrics’ mobile and social expertise will accelerate salesforce.com’s ability […]

Oracle Puts Salesforce.com in Crosshairs with RightNow Buy

Oracle is taking its newfound cloud rivalry with Salesforce.com to the next level with the acquisition of customer service SaaS specialist and Talkin’ Cloud Stock Index member RightNow Technologies for $43 a share, or about $1.5 billion. Oracle hopes to use RightNow’s expertise to build out its new Oracle Public Cloud suite once the deal […]

IBM Acquires Platform Computing to Offer HPC in the Cloud

IBM is further bolstering its cloud play with the acquisition of Platform Computing, a cluster and grid management software provider that will let Big Blue offer high performance computing (HPC) in the cloud to larger enterprises and ones with intense needs. Intriguingly, IBM’s official press release on the acquisition doesn’t mention the word “cloud” once. […]

Cloud M&A: Hosting.com Acquires Hosting Provider NeoSpire

Cloud hosting and recovery specialist Hosting.com has acquired Dallas-based managed hosting service provider NeoSpire in a play to expand its physical footprint and service a wider geographical region, especially in the southern United States. While the financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, we do know from the press release that Hosting.com gets to add […]

Cloud Services M&A: Datalink Buys Midwave for $18 Million

Data center service provider Datalink acquired fellow Minneapolis-based services and solution provider Midwave for $17.6 million earlier this week. It seems Datalink is expecting Midwave’s managed services savvy to bolster its deep-dive into the cloud market, while also boosting its bottom line to the tune of $65 million more in revenue per year. Thanks to […]

iLinc Buy Bolsters BroadSoft’s Unified Communications Wares

BroadSoft, a VoIP communications provider for businesses and individuals, has acquired iLinc Communications, an international provider of web collaboration tools for businesses, governments and educational institutions. The iLinc acquisition is part of BroadSoft’s plan to offer unified communications (UC) services to its roughly 450 global managed service providers. To that end, iLinc definitely fits the […]

Salesforce.com Buys Assistly for SaaS Social Media Help Desk

Cloud CRM provider Salesforce.com has purchased SaaS social media help desk developer Assistly for $50 million in cash, building on the Salesforce Service Cloud concept. And I have to say it, just once, at the top of this story: TalkinCloud totally called it. As Salesforce’s press release explains, “Assistly lets small companies and emerging businesses set […]

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Mergers and Acquisitions

Consolidation is more than a trend; mergers and acquisitions are happening on a weekly basis. These stories help explain their impact.

Internap Increases Debt for Voxel Cloud Services Acquisition

Cloud Services Provider Acquisition: Internap Buys Voxel

Imation Snaps Up Nine Technology’s Cloud Storage IP

Cloud M&A: Akamai Acquires Cotendo for Cloud Optimization

Salesforce.com Buys Rypple to Bolster Cloud HR Management

Appirio Accelerates European Cloud Push with Saaspoint Buy

Autodesk Acquires Horizontal Systems for Cloud Play

SAP Buys SuccessFactors for $3.4B to Accelerate Cloud Push

Salesforce Acquires Cloud Integrator Model Metrics

Oracle Puts Salesforce.com in Crosshairs with RightNow Buy

IBM Acquires Platform Computing to Offer HPC in the Cloud

Cloud M&A: Hosting.com Acquires Hosting Provider NeoSpire

Cloud Services M&A: Datalink Buys Midwave for $18 Million

iLinc Buy Bolsters BroadSoft’s Unified Communications Wares

Salesforce.com Buys Assistly for SaaS Social Media Help Desk

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